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what is their impression of president obama? and his policies? >> one, it's hard to generalize, not to punt on your question because different parts of the world they feel differently. and, indeed, lots of leaders, i'd almost say they're not thinking so much about us. i don't mean this that as a criticism, just an observation. people are preoccupied at home. we've probably entered a moment in history where the weight of the united states is less than it was. it's not that we're in decline. the centrifugal gorses in the world are such that our ability to control international developments is arguably less than it was. >> rose: where do you think we are in terms of the iranian mind david? since it's so easy to read. (laughter) >> yeah, so easy to read. i'd say i spent during the u.n. week i spent two hours at a tea that president ahmadinejad held for a number of book authors and i emerged from it more confused about where iran is today than i think i was when i went in. i think the iranians would like a cost-free way out and i reported last week on
what is their impression of president obama? and his policies? >> one, it's hard to generalize, not to punt on your question because different parts of the world they feel differently. and, indeed, lots of leaders, i'd almost say they're not thinking so much about us. i don't mean this that as a criticism, just an observation. people are preoccupied at home. we've probably entered a moment in history where the weight of the united states is less than it was. it's not that we're in...
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obama's foreign policy? >> well, i think, you know, hope is not a strategy is -- i'm not sure i would say it's harsh. i think it's sad. i think it's too bad we've gotten to that point. i thought one of the most interesting lines in the speech, he said it's not just the character of our country -- talking about what makes us exceptional -- but it's the record of our accomplishments. he then went on to say that's a record that's been written by patriots of both parties, that it's not a partisan issue, but if you compare that to what president obama said, for example, back in the spring of 2009, when daniel ortega just attacked the united states while president obama was sitting in his presence, slandered us, and the president stood up and said i'm happy that ortega didn't blame me for things when i was three months old. this view of america as having been the single most effective force in history, why we have to continue to lead, compared and contrasted with the obama vision, which we're seeing the results no
obama's foreign policy? >> well, i think, you know, hope is not a strategy is -- i'm not sure i would say it's harsh. i think it's sad. i think it's too bad we've gotten to that point. i thought one of the most interesting lines in the speech, he said it's not just the character of our country -- talking about what makes us exceptional -- but it's the record of our accomplishments. he then went on to say that's a record that's been written by patriots of both parties, that it's not a...
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the policies are, our economy faces a better future with president obama than mitt romney. he wants to go back to the same tax cut, deregulation, top down trickle down economics that failed us so miserably in the past. on foreign policy, you know, either he has no plan or he simply wants to show strength which can lead to all kinds of calamities again just like we have in the past. i think president obama's got the better message, the better economic message, the better foreign policy message and yes, we need to deliver it a lot better than he did at that debate. there's no question about that. but the substance, what's actually going to impact the american people, that's where president obama has the advantage. we just need to make that case. >> congressman, thank you very much. >> thank you, piers. i appreciate the chance. >>> we've heard from politicians on both sides. coming up, the one man who may really know what this means for the election, nate silver. [ woman ] it's 32 minutes to go time, and the candidate's speech is in pieces all over the district. the writer's d
the policies are, our economy faces a better future with president obama than mitt romney. he wants to go back to the same tax cut, deregulation, top down trickle down economics that failed us so miserably in the past. on foreign policy, you know, either he has no plan or he simply wants to show strength which can lead to all kinds of calamities again just like we have in the past. i think president obama's got the better message, the better economic message, the better foreign policy message...
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one of the stars of main stream media signature news programs is ripping the obama foreign policy. and calling for a stepped up war on terror. daily beast reports laura logan of "60 minutes" says the terrorist presence in afghanistan is continually understated. "there is this narrative coming out of washington for the last two years, it's driven in part by taliban apologists who claim there are just the poor moderate gentleer, kinder taliban. it's such nonsense." for al-qaeda, she said, "the terrorist group is not insurgency. it's driven by ideology and wants to kill us all on our own soil if they must, even if u.s. troops pull -- even if the u.s. pulls all of the troops out of afghanistan." logan was beatp and sexually assaulted bay mob in cairo tahrir square last year. a former reporter and editor who heard logan speak said, "clearly one tough reporter but seemingly scarred by all of this, it was totally depressing. worrying, too. call for an amped war on terror. " we told you monday venezuelan president hugo chavez has been re-elected. the "guardian reports he brandished the swo
one of the stars of main stream media signature news programs is ripping the obama foreign policy. and calling for a stepped up war on terror. daily beast reports laura logan of "60 minutes" says the terrorist presence in afghanistan is continually understated. "there is this narrative coming out of washington for the last two years, it's driven in part by taliban apologists who claim there are just the poor moderate gentleer, kinder taliban. it's such nonsense." for...
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we're coming right or. >> sense o'clock weakness in president obama's foreign policy situation, my mitt gave a speech at the virginia military institute. >> i hoe the president hopes for a freer middle east. aligned with us, i share this hope. but hope is not a strategy. we can't support our friends and defeat our enemies in the middle east when our words are not backed up by deeds. when our defense spending is being arbitrarily and deeply south. >> bill: joining us from washington with some thoughts, brit hume. you know the middle east is a mess. i'm not sure voters really care at this point. certainly the media isn't zeroing if on it. this hillary clinton thing disturbs me because the cbs report is fairly -- it seems to me it's true. now i want the secretary of state to come forward and say okay, here is what happened in totality. we with drew two security teams from libya and our guy is dead. obviously we need some explanation. but again, i'm not sure how much the voters care about this point. >> i think it's secondary in voters' minds to issues here at home. principlably and overwhe
we're coming right or. >> sense o'clock weakness in president obama's foreign policy situation, my mitt gave a speech at the virginia military institute. >> i hoe the president hopes for a freer middle east. aligned with us, i share this hope. but hope is not a strategy. we can't support our friends and defeat our enemies in the middle east when our words are not backed up by deeds. when our defense spending is being arbitrarily and deeply south. >> bill: joining us from...
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>> the obama campaign is th? i think the draconian policies -- i think you can do both. i think romney is doing both and romney -- watching him right now is watching him go through the different phases of romney, 509s shades of romney shall we say. >> that's exactly what they have thought. so people have talked about this a lot. the notion of they were kind of a fork in the road in the spring. do we want to run against him as a flip flopping phony or run against -- coreless, their pitch before, or do we want to cast him as a right wing radical. they seemed to and did make a decision to do right wing radical and one on throughout. i talked about david plouffe about this in may and he said we're going do both when we have to. we're going to say mitt romney there he goes trying to flip flop, coreless a phony, but not forget where he actually is, and then this is -- we're going to keep trying to pin him back to these positions he's taken. i think they have been horrible since the debate, the obama campaign. they are -- jon ward understates the degree to which they are knocke
>> the obama campaign is th? i think the draconian policies -- i think you can do both. i think romney is doing both and romney -- watching him right now is watching him go through the different phases of romney, 509s shades of romney shall we say. >> that's exactly what they have thought. so people have talked about this a lot. the notion of they were kind of a fork in the road in the spring. do we want to run against him as a flip flopping phony or run against -- coreless, their...
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and violence in arab countries as examples of a aworsening security situation he blamed on president obama's policies. >> the blame for the murder of our people in libya and the attacks on our embassies in so many countries lies soly with those who carried them out. no one else. but it is our responsibility and the responsibility of the president to use america aa's greatest power. >> call aiing it, quote, differe without distinction and did not stray from the tactics used now by the the obama administration. >>> imagine being 23 miles above the ground and then jumping. that's exactly what one extreme skydiver plans to do today at 120,000 feet, 82 1/2 empire state buildings stacked on top of one another. problem now is the weather a. strong winds are delaying the event. you're looking at a live picture from the launch site in new mexico. if everything goes to plan, baumgartner will begin the first person to break the sound bear aier witho a -- barrier without the aid of a vehicle. back in april i got a chance to ask him about that special suit he will wear for this moment. >> if you want to
and violence in arab countries as examples of a aworsening security situation he blamed on president obama's policies. >> the blame for the murder of our people in libya and the attacks on our embassies in so many countries lies soly with those who carried them out. no one else. but it is our responsibility and the responsibility of the president to use america aa's greatest power. >> call aiing it, quote, differe without distinction and did not stray from the tactics used now by...
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go after foreign policy in libya. and all of this stuff, this is about to blow up on obama. libyan thing is something going to be quote expert on foreign policy. biden on the defensive. they will be ready for that. that is how you -- . >> until now, you had it on "hannity". >> they know someone listened to me. >> two years ago. >> i think biden. >> famous blow. >> they do what i said. >> and my money is on ryan, big time. >> oh, yes. >> coming up, the left pointed a finger on jim lehrer. he is here to respond to critics next and they whine, they tried -- skprid called mitt romney a liar, not sure they'll be able to do the same, use the same bag of tricks thursday wh. biden doesn't deliver in his debate. we'll check in with dick morris and an investigation, "hannity" special investigation into where does on yom -- obama's money come from? maybe other countries? is that illegal? ices, the guests lovet! [ male announcer ] don't miss endless shrimp, just $14.99! try as much as y like, anyway you like. like new teriyaki grilled shrimp. offer ends soon! my name is angela trapp, an
go after foreign policy in libya. and all of this stuff, this is about to blow up on obama. libyan thing is something going to be quote expert on foreign policy. biden on the defensive. they will be ready for that. that is how you -- . >> until now, you had it on "hannity". >> they know someone listened to me. >> two years ago. >> i think biden. >> famous blow. >> they do what i said. >> and my money is on ryan, big time. >> oh, yes....
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with president obama's. but in order to establish a gap between them, he seems to be saying things that would indicate, yes, he would take us to war, yet again, in western asia. >> romney talked about military spending today. here's how he's going to spend tax dollars. here it is. >> i'll restore our navy to the size needed to fulfill our missions by building 15 ships per year, including three submarines. i will implement effective military defenses. >> where's he getting the money for this? and is all that necessary? >> that's a good question. we did a study at the center for american progress and the institute for policy studies, former assistant secretary of defense was on the board with me. we showed how if you cut national security spending, ed, not just the pentagon, but everything across the board, va, does you can cut a trillion dollars out and still bring us back to 2007, 2007 level spending in inflation-adjusted dollars. for 13 years now, we have been increasing the defense budget. you could easily
with president obama's. but in order to establish a gap between them, he seems to be saying things that would indicate, yes, he would take us to war, yet again, in western asia. >> romney talked about military spending today. here's how he's going to spend tax dollars. here it is. >> i'll restore our navy to the size needed to fulfill our missions by building 15 ships per year, including three submarines. i will implement effective military defenses. >> where's he getting the...
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foreign policy around the world. and i think if the election is going to come down to the answer on that question, then i think mitt romney is going to win. >> eric, when you talked about the upcoming vice presidential debate and you made mention of the speech yesterday from governor romney where he talked about defense cuts and his proposals, paul ryan voted for the sequester and cuts, how does paul ryan defend his original budget and medicare proposals in contrast to what governor romney is now proposing? >> well, what matters now is, what is governor romney's plan going forward and paul ryan has signed up for the romney plan. specifically with respect to the sequester, governor romney is opposed to it. in fact, when that was decided last summer governor romney issued a statement specifically mentions the prospect of some devastating cuts to our national defense budget should sequestration become necessary. so the governor has made it a priority to reverse the obama defense cuts. it's not just the $500 billion that
foreign policy around the world. and i think if the election is going to come down to the answer on that question, then i think mitt romney is going to win. >> eric, when you talked about the upcoming vice presidential debate and you made mention of the speech yesterday from governor romney where he talked about defense cuts and his proposals, paul ryan voted for the sequester and cuts, how does paul ryan defend his original budget and medicare proposals in contrast to what governor...
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text a for president obama. text b for mitt romney. we will bring you the results later on in the show. go to our blog and leave a comment as well. >>> joining me tonight is colonel lawrence wilkerson, former chief of staff at state department during general collin powell's term and currently the visiting professor at college of william and mary. colonel, good to have you with us tonight. we got a very -- >> good to be here, ed. >> you bet. you heard the speech today. what is fact, what is fiction in mitt romney's foreign policy? >> let me just say first ed that i've never in my some 68 years on this earth witnessed any political candidate for the presidency of the united states. move so swiftly from his speech to, as it were, to the right wing of his party, in this case the republican party to the center where he is trying to attract the majority of americans and change his views so stunningly. you pointed it out. but it is utterly unbelievable to me as a republican that we could have such extremes in the party and have someone who wo
text a for president obama. text b for mitt romney. we will bring you the results later on in the show. go to our blog and leave a comment as well. >>> joining me tonight is colonel lawrence wilkerson, former chief of staff at state department during general collin powell's term and currently the visiting professor at college of william and mary. colonel, good to have you with us tonight. we got a very -- >> good to be here, ed. >> you bet. you heard the speech today. what...
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all of this stuff, this is about to blow up on obama. the libyan thing is something for ryan to get the, quote, expert on foreign policy, biden, on the defensive. let me tell you something, they won't be ready for that. >> they will now. you just said it on "hannity." >> they know nobody listens to me. doesn't platter. still won't be ready. >> sean: would have listened to you two years ago, they would have better in shape. >> democrats will think biden is charming. >> sean: i disagree. my money is on ryan big time. >> oh, yeah. >> sean: coming up, the left quickly pointed the finger at jim lehrer as if it was his fault that the president bombed at the debate. desperate democrats are blaming. they whined and called mitt romney a liar, but not sure they'll be able to do the same, use the same bag of tricks thursday when biden doesn't deliver in his debate. we'll check in with dick morris, what kind of gaffes can we expect from biden? a "hannity" investigation into where does obama's money come from? maybe other countries? is that illegal?
all of this stuff, this is about to blow up on obama. the libyan thing is something for ryan to get the, quote, expert on foreign policy, biden, on the defensive. let me tell you something, they won't be ready for that. >> they will now. you just said it on "hannity." >> they know nobody listens to me. doesn't platter. still won't be ready. >> sean: would have listened to you two years ago, they would have better in shape. >> democrats will think biden is...
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coming up, mitt romney attacks president obama on foreign policy saying if he were president, he would heat up and prolong every war front in the world, iraq, afghanistan, syria. more war, continuous war, new wars. that's the romney plan. >>> also, joe the first responder. he's taken guff for his gaffes and been lampooned on "snl" but surprise, surprise, vice president joe biden is the guy who democrats are counting on this week to turn the fight when he debates paul ryan on thursday. hey, man, can you do it? >>> plus the president had a bad wednesday night last week and the late night comedians are joy riding on it. even big bird got into the act on "snl." >> so how did you find out your name had been mentioned in the debate? >> oh, i got a million tweets. >> okay. so the you're on twitter? >> no. i'm a bird. tweeting is how we talk. >>> finally, let me finish with why mitt romney reminds me of the guy from "groundhog day" always readjusting his pickup line. this is "hardball," the place for politics. >>> we've got a lot of state polls that could determine who controls the u.s. senate
coming up, mitt romney attacks president obama on foreign policy saying if he were president, he would heat up and prolong every war front in the world, iraq, afghanistan, syria. more war, continuous war, new wars. that's the romney plan. >>> also, joe the first responder. he's taken guff for his gaffes and been lampooned on "snl" but surprise, surprise, vice president joe biden is the guy who democrats are counting on this week to turn the fight when he debates paul ryan on...
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this is disastrous foreign policy. wait a minute, were you for going into libya or not for going into libya. and you want to talk about dictators, i can't believe obama gadhafi. which one is it, mitt? and when you talk about that, palestine-israel is perfect. here's what he said in his speech today. >> finally i would recommit america to the goal of a democratic prosperous palestinian state living side by side in peace and security with the jewish state of israel. on this vital issue the president has failed and it has dissolve in the heated disfoots at the u.n. >> cenk: that's what he said in public. am i not merciful, fine, let's have two states. remember what he said in private. when meeting with fundraisers this is what he said about peace in the area. >> the palestinians have no interest whatsoever in establishing peace and that the pathway to peace is almost unthinkable to accomplish. >> cenk: so what he tells his donors behind the scenes, peace is unthinkable. we won't even bother trying. he's not even bothering
this is disastrous foreign policy. wait a minute, were you for going into libya or not for going into libya. and you want to talk about dictators, i can't believe obama gadhafi. which one is it, mitt? and when you talk about that, palestine-israel is perfect. here's what he said in his speech today. >> finally i would recommit america to the goal of a democratic prosperous palestinian state living side by side in peace and security with the jewish state of israel. on this vital issue the...
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presidential candidate mitt romney said that the obama administration's policies had left the middle east a more dangerous place than it was four years ago. i can't wait to ask you about that, richard. >> fair enough. >> that speech was fascinating. >> new polls were taken after the debate. what did they will get to it as you zip it. >> whoa. >> the race is tightening with four weeks to go, a new pew research center survey shows romney leading obama 49% to 45% in a national head-to-head match-up among likely voters. those most committed to participating in the november election. there is good news for the romney campaign in michigan, a state where president obama was leading by ten points last month according to the detroit free press. after the debate, the same poll has the president's lead down to three points, well within the margin of error. perhaps the biggest gain for the romney campaign comes from that pew survey, which shows the republican candidate has made huge gains with women voters now tied with the president 47% to 47%. just a month ago, the president had a 56-38 advant
presidential candidate mitt romney said that the obama administration's policies had left the middle east a more dangerous place than it was four years ago. i can't wait to ask you about that, richard. >> fair enough. >> that speech was fascinating. >> new polls were taken after the debate. what did they will get to it as you zip it. >> whoa. >> the race is tightening with four weeks to go, a new pew research center survey shows romney leading obama 49% to 45% in a...
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. >> the policies that president obama is defending as bringing the economy back that tim geithner is now saying have the economy performing at near full potential, those are the president's policies and the democrats policies. not the republican policies. in fact, if you look at the states that have republican governors, you'd find their level of growth and their level of job creation outperforms the rest of the nation. but you're making my point. we should be driving for more than 1.5% growth. >> look, was 800,000 jobs a month when the president took office. we are not losing jobs anymore. the president's policies did turn this country around. republicans simply accept that and say we did turn it around and we should be better. i'lle fine with that. >> all right. we're going to have to leave it there, guys. that's unsolicited advice for today. and we're back to you, wolf. >>> margaret, thanks very much. excellent panel. in our next hour, by the way, president and mrs. obama are holding separate campaign events. we're going to have live coverage of both. stand by for that. also, we a
. >> the policies that president obama is defending as bringing the economy back that tim geithner is now saying have the economy performing at near full potential, those are the president's policies and the democrats policies. not the republican policies. in fact, if you look at the states that have republican governors, you'd find their level of growth and their level of job creation outperforms the rest of the nation. but you're making my point. we should be driving for more than 1.5%...
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mitt romney today in his big foreign policy speech said that president obama has not signed any free trade agreements in the past four years. >> the president has not signed one new free trade agreement in the past four years. >> with respect to romney, that also makes no sense unless mr. romney is contending that when we all thought president obama was, in fact, signing free trade agreements with south korea and panama, maybe he's contending that the president secretly wasn't doing that at all and was duping us all? mr. romney also in his speech today criticized president obama for only having hope that things will get better in the middle east. for only having hope, but not having a strategy to make that so. >> i know the president hopes for a safer, freer and more prosperous middle east aligned with us. i share this hope. but hope is not a strategy. >> hope is not a strategy. remember what mitt romney told his donors was going to be his strategy in the middle east? >> you hope for some degree of stability, but you recognize that this is going to remain an unsolved problem. we kick
mitt romney today in his big foreign policy speech said that president obama has not signed any free trade agreements in the past four years. >> the president has not signed one new free trade agreement in the past four years. >> with respect to romney, that also makes no sense unless mr. romney is contending that when we all thought president obama was, in fact, signing free trade agreements with south korea and panama, maybe he's contending that the president secretly wasn't doing...
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and the same advisers. >> but the difference is that the obama years haven't improved that much now, have they? >> the obama years are pretty -- we didn't go into a great depression -- >> this is what voters are deciding. it was worse under w. but it's not good enough better -- you didn't clean up the bush mess welloff. thank you. that's the argument. you would think the obama campaign would want to start looking forward toward the vp debate this week and the two remaining presidential debates. today the obama camp released this ad going back to romney's line about big bird. this i think is mickey mouse but let's take a look. >> bernie madoff, ken lay, dennis kozlowski, criminals, gluttons of greed and the evil genius who towered over them. one man has the guts to speak his name. >> big bird, big bird, big bird. >> it's me, big bird. >> big, yellow, a menace to our economy. mitt romney knows it's not wall street you have to worry about, it's sesame street. >> i'm going to stop this subsidy to pbs. >> mitt romney taking oun our enemies no malter where they nest. >> please, god, just f
and the same advisers. >> but the difference is that the obama years haven't improved that much now, have they? >> the obama years are pretty -- we didn't go into a great depression -- >> this is what voters are deciding. it was worse under w. but it's not good enough better -- you didn't clean up the bush mess welloff. thank you. that's the argument. you would think the obama campaign would want to start looking forward toward the vp debate this week and the two remaining...
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mitt romney attacks president obama on one of the president's strengths--foreign policy. the new poll shows the president passive, disconnected performance at last week' debate may have cost him his lead. that despite friday's jobs numbers showed that unemployment had finally dropped below 8% for the first time since the president took office. according to the latest pew poll if the election were held today, 49% of likely voters would support mitt romney to just 45% for president obama. the president led romney by eight points in that same poll just under a month ago. we'll have more on that a little later in the program. mitt romney may have been hoping to widen that lead with a much anticipated speech at the virginia military institute today that articulated his approach on foreign policy, focusing primarily on u.s. relations in the middle east. the g.o.p. contender portrayed the president as naive in his dealings with our enemies inand enempty with our friends. >> i know the president hopes for a safer freer and more prosperous middle east applied with us. i share this
mitt romney attacks president obama on one of the president's strengths--foreign policy. the new poll shows the president passive, disconnected performance at last week' debate may have cost him his lead. that despite friday's jobs numbers showed that unemployment had finally dropped below 8% for the first time since the president took office. according to the latest pew poll if the election were held today, 49% of likely voters would support mitt romney to just 45% for president obama. the...
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congressman ryan uttered the same words that the obama administration has been weak and libya and syria have been mishandled. here's congressman ryan fakes off on one of the deans of foreign policy for this administration. >> i think a tremendous disadvantage for congressman ryan, as it will be for governor romney when he faces off against the president on foreign affairs. i think joe biden will make sure they don't stray from the truth. in yesterday's speech somewhat unbelievably to me after all the contention about misstatements, governor romney made two significant misstatements again shows a disregard for the facts. one he said, tamron, there was no discussion of terrorism in the 2008 debates. we saw last night on msnbc they played the tape. >> there's tape to prove he wasn't accurate. >> 40 mentions of terrorism in that debate, and he said president obama hasn't signed a single free-trade agreement, when, in fact, he signed three. joe biden won't let him get away with it. going back to domestic policy for a section, congressman ryan said we don't have enough time to make the math a
congressman ryan uttered the same words that the obama administration has been weak and libya and syria have been mishandled. here's congressman ryan fakes off on one of the deans of foreign policy for this administration. >> i think a tremendous disadvantage for congressman ryan, as it will be for governor romney when he faces off against the president on foreign affairs. i think joe biden will make sure they don't stray from the truth. in yesterday's speech somewhat unbelievably to me...
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romney rallies voters in iowa a day after delivering what his campaign called a major foreign policy address. speaking to an audience of cadets at the virginia military institute, romney hit on a wide range of hot button issues in the muslim world from the war in syria and the obama administration shifting response to the deadly attack on the nebs b -- the embassy in benghazi. republican candidate suggesting he would take a harder line to make sure that tehran does not get a nuclear weapon. >> i'll put the leaders of iran on notice that the united states and our friends and allies will prevent them from acquiring nuclear weapons capability. i'll not hesitate to impose new sanctions on iran and will tighten the sanctions we currently have. i'll restore the permanent presence of air cast carrier task forces in the eastern mediterranean and the gulf. i'll work with israel to increase our military assistance and coordination for the sake of peace we must make clear to iran through actions, not just words, that their nuclear pursuit will not be tolerated. >> despite his criticism that pre
romney rallies voters in iowa a day after delivering what his campaign called a major foreign policy address. speaking to an audience of cadets at the virginia military institute, romney hit on a wide range of hot button issues in the muslim world from the war in syria and the obama administration shifting response to the deadly attack on the nebs b -- the embassy in benghazi. republican candidate suggesting he would take a harder line to make sure that tehran does not get a nuclear weapon....
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because according to the gallup poll he beat president obama by more than 50 points. that's the biggest spread in any presidential debate ever. now romney is going to go head to head with the president on domestic issues and foreign policy. romney laid out his clearest foreign policy plan to date. he opened with an attack on the president's handling on libya. >> romney: with violent extremists on the march, it is career that the risk of conflict in the region is higher now than when the president took office. i know the president hoped for a safer freer and more prosperous middle east allied with us i share this hope but hope is not a strategy. >> jennifer: and neither is rhetoric. and romney was criticized for commenting on libya. that came after his gaffe-filled overseas tour in july. he was virtually booed out of england, but perhaps the most surprising thing about today's speech was that when you strip away all of the chest something, romney's plans look an awful like what the president is already pursuing. >> romney: in afghanistan i'll pursue a real and successf
because according to the gallup poll he beat president obama by more than 50 points. that's the biggest spread in any presidential debate ever. now romney is going to go head to head with the president on domestic issues and foreign policy. romney laid out his clearest foreign policy plan to date. he opened with an attack on the president's handling on libya. >> romney: with violent extremists on the march, it is career that the risk of conflict in the region is higher now than when the...
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. >> one question either the moderate or obama should ask, name one issue in which you plan to buck your party, one issue in which you plan to stand up to house republicans, one issue in which you don't plan to govern as a severe conservative as you described your record in massachusetts before you were describing your efforts in massachusetts as a bipartisan bridge builder. >> would he come out with a sista souljah moment on request? >> that could work. were you a severe conservative or are you the reaching over the aisle -- across the aisle kind of guy? which is it? but you've got to -- as i said before, you have to go at romney the person. it's not romney's policies because those don't really exist. it's romney the man that he's -- >> i agree. that's what i'm working tonight. let's take a look at the promise romney made at the debate last week about keeping his $5 trillion tax cut deficit -- new deficit neutral. in other words, no cost to the deficit and cutting $5 trillion mainly for the wealthy. let's watch. >> with regards to that tax cut, look, i'm not looking to cut massive taxes
. >> one question either the moderate or obama should ask, name one issue in which you plan to buck your party, one issue in which you plan to stand up to house republicans, one issue in which you don't plan to govern as a severe conservative as you described your record in massachusetts before you were describing your efforts in massachusetts as a bipartisan bridge builder. >> would he come out with a sista souljah moment on request? >> that could work. were you a severe...